P. V. Danckwerts
1979
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Quality indicators
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Chemical Engineering Science
Abstract
Abstract Measurements of the rates of homogeneous reaction of mono-, di- and tri-ethanolamine by various workers are critically compared. Some discrepancies remain unexplained but it seems probable that a zwitterion is the intermediate in the formation of carbamate and that the reaction of DEA (but not of MEA) is catalysed by bases.